NEW YORK _ Yes, at least one New York pro basketball team has won the right to make the No. 1 pick in the draft.
During halftime of the Connecticut Sun-Los Angeles Sparks WNBA semifinals series game Tuesday night, the WNBA announced the order in which teams will pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. For the first time in franchise history, the Liberty were given the No. 1 pick after years of missing out on the top selection to the Las Vegas Aces, who got the top pick for three consecutive seasons.
"This is a major thing for our franchise and our fans," Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb said Tuesday night. "We are in the process of reloading in such a way that a young dynamic player will be a big part of it ... It's a really good night to be a Liberty fan."
